San Diego International
Black car service in San Diego
Downtown and Torrey Pines are twenty minutes apart at ten in the morning and considerably more at five.
| Route | Off-peak | Peak | Sedan | SUV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN → Downtown / Gaslamp | 8–12 min | 20–30 min | $130.00 | $155.00 |
| SAN → Coronado | 15–20 min | 30–45 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| SAN → La Jolla | 20–25 min | 35–55 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| By the hour | 3-hour minimum | from $101/hr | Quoted | |
Weekday afternoon examples from our quote engine, Oct 2026, including the 20% chauffeur gratuity, tolls, parking, airport fees, surcharges and taxes. Your quote is confirmed in writing and held for 72 hours.
The airport access fee is shown on its own line and already in the total.
Sedan: up to 3 passengers and 3 bags. SUV: up to 6 passengers and 6 bags.
Booking in San Diego
Downtown and Torrey Pines are twenty minutes apart at ten in the morning and considerably more at five. The day is planned around that gap. Chauffeured sedans and SUVs across San Diego — an airport almost inside downtown, a biotech and research corridor strung along the coast to the north, and a convention calendar that periodically overwhelms the city centre entirely. Booked and managed by Executive Black Car, driven by vetted local operators who work these roads every day.
- Gratuity and airport fees included
- Rate agreed in writing, no surge pricing
- Free cancellation up to 2 hours before pickup
- Free waiting: 60 minutes at airports, 15 minutes elsewhere
Booking for someone else
- With a corporate account, confirmation and chauffeur details go to you and, if you want, the traveller
- Cost centre or PO on the invoice, with a corporate account
- One monthly invoice across all 27 cities — open a corporate account
Travelling yourself
- Meet-and-greet at arrivals; your flight is tracked, so early and late landings are handled
- One number, answered 24/7: 1-866-EXEC230
Every operator must hold
- Licensed and permitted for the city and its airports
- $1M combined single limit, certificate on file naming Karfis Enterprises LLC
- Background and driving-record checks, attested
- Two vehicle classes, the same in every city
Choose your trip
Airport transfers
SAN terminals, the coast run and the Coronado bridge
Corporate & roadshows
Biotech days, north county and cross-border work
Private aviation
SAN FBOs, Montgomery-Gibbs, Carlsbad and Gillespie
Hotel transfers
Downtown, Coronado, La Jolla and the north coast
Events & venues
The Convention Center, Petco Park, Balboa Park and Del Mar
Universities & campuses
UCSD, the Torrey Pines research mesa and the hospitals
San Diego airports
San Diego International (SAN)
One of the closest major airports to its own downtown anywhere in the country, sitting on a single runway right beside the bay. Terminals 1 and 2 have separate roadways and the arrivals kerb is tight, so the terminal has to be right. Its single runway means delays propagate quickly once weather or traffic flow intervenes, and we watch the inbound aircraft rather than the schedule.
Terminals 1 & 2 · Minutes from downtown · Meet & greet
Private aviation
San Diego’s private traffic runs through the FBOs at the international airport and the general-aviation fields inland and to the north, the latter well placed for the biotech corridor and the north county resorts. For private arrivals we work from the tail number and coordinate with the FBO directly rather than a published schedule. Tell us the field and the FBO when you book and we will confirm coverage before you travel.
FBO ramp pickups · North county fields
Where we work in San Diego
Downtown, the Gaslamp & the Convention Center
In show weeks we use the designated loading points. On major show weeks the Gaslamp becomes effectively pedestrian and vehicle access to the hotels changes materially — we work from the designated loading points rather than the front doors during those weeks, and say so at booking.
La Jolla & the coast
Narrow, steep streets make the pickup point matter. La Jolla carries the research institutions, the hotel trade and a good share of the region’s private wealth, and its streets are narrow and steep enough that pickup points matter.
Torrey Pines & the biotech corridor
We confirm the building and entrance at booking. The concentration of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and research employment along the mesa north of the city generates steady executive and scientific travel, much of it international.
Coronado & the bay
The bridge is the whole journey. Reached by bridge, which makes Coronado feel far closer than the journey allows for at peak. The resort and naval presence generate steady work in both directions. The bridge is the whole journey here, and when it slows there is no alternative short of a long loop south.
North County, the border & longer runs
Cross-border trips need arranging specifically. Carlsbad, Del Mar and Encinitas carry corporate offices, golf and resort work up the coast, and Temecula wine country sits inland. Cross-border movements to Tijuana are a genuine part of San Diego business travel and need arranging specifically rather than assumed.
Typical journey times to San Diego International
San Diego’s airport is remarkably close to downtown, which makes short transfers genuinely short. Major convention weeks reshape downtown access completely.
| From | Approx. distance | Off-peak | Allow in peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Gaslamp | 3 miles | 8–12 min | 20–30 min |
| Coronado | 8 miles | 15–20 min | 30–45 min |
| La Jolla | 13 miles | 20–25 min | 35–55 min |
| Torrey Pines / Sorrento Valley | 16 miles | 22–30 min | 40–60 min |
| Del Mar | 21 miles | 25–35 min | 45–65 min |
| Carlsbad | 35 miles | 40–50 min | 65–90 min |
Hotels, venues and campuses we run to
Hotel transfers in San Diego
Coronado is reached by bridge and that bridge is the whole journey at peak. The Del Mar and Carlsbad properties are a real drive from the airport and should be quoted as such.
Events & venues in San Diego
During the largest conventions the Gaslamp closes to vehicles and hotel access moves to designated loading points. We work from those and say so at booking rather than on the day.
Cross-border movements to Tijuana are a genuine part of San Diego business travel and need documents and routing confirmed in advance. Temecula is a day hire rather than a transfer.
- San Diego Convention Center
- Petco Park
- Snapdragon Stadium
- Balboa Park
- San Diego Zoo
- Civic Theatre
- Torrey Pines Golf Course
- Del Mar Racetrack
Culture, dining and the region
- Los Angeles
- La Jolla Cove
- Carlsbad
- Temecula wine country
- Julian
- Tijuana & CBX
- Palm Springs
Universities & campuses in San Diego
The Torrey Pines campuses are set well back from the road and the correct building is not obvious from the address. We confirm building and entrance before the day.
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